The League of Rogues (not
Yan Jia never expected that Bing Jie would say this. He had to admit that this guy was indeed very good at bewitching people. He almost believed what he said... Haha.
"What are you talking about?" Qi Jixin pushed open the door and asked the two people on the balcony. Yan Jia never lied to Qi Jixin. While he was blinking frantically, looking for an excuse, Bing Jie walked towards Qi Jixin and said with a smile, "We're talking about your brother's earrings. They're very unique."
Yan Jia's eyes widened, but he couldn't expose the lie, so he could only grit his teeth and admit it. Qi Jixin asked him to go out, but he said that some people with special personalities wanted to smoke on the balcony, so he asked them to go out first.
Qi Jixin frowned and looked at Yan Jia, saying rather disapprovingly, "You're smoking in my house? Yan Jia, you really should have quit smoking earlier." Yan Jia nodded helplessly and waved at her, "Okay, okay, I'll just calm down on the balcony for a while, okay?"
"You talked to him about earrings?" she turned to ask Bing Jie. The two walked back to the house side by side. Bing Jie said seriously, "Let me learn from you. Who knows, maybe I'll go get one too."
Qi Jixin quickly waved at him and tried to talk to him in a gentle tone, "No, I can't have so many hooligans around me!"
"Hey! The balcony door is not closed!" Yan Jia impatiently reminded the two people who were fantasizing about him in front of him. Qi Jixin turned around and said fearlessly: "I did it on purpose." After saying that, he raised his eyebrows at him.
After Yan Jia was driven away, Bing Jie stared at the man's back and asked if he would end up hurting him. Qi Jixin shook her head very confidently, saying that this was always the way they got along. Besides, she was telling the truth. She had Sister Zhuo, who used to be a gangster, and Yan Jia, who was now a gangster, by her side. She couldn't have another gangster.
"But besides a suit, I don't think I've ever seen you wear anything else. With your excellent body proportions, you'd look great in that cool motorcycle suit."
Qi Jixin was generous with her praise, and when she heard Bing Jie was very satisfied, she sincerely advised: "Don't do weird things, handsome boy!"
Bing Jie shook his head. Qi Jixin's eyes almost went dark, thinking that he was going to do something unconventional. But Bing Jie suppressed a smile and said, "Who said you haven't seen me wearing other clothes? Didn't you see me without clothes last night?"
Qi Jixin pressed her hand against his chest and laughed non-stop, and finally had to admit: "It does suit you better than a suit, but it's just me who sees it."
As the two of them sat on the sofa with the curtains drawn, watching a movie, Bing Jie's phone lit up. He clicked it and saw that it was a friend request from Yan Jia, asking him to be added as a friend. Bing Jie wasn't surprised by this; he accepted the request and sent another message.
【If there is a chance, we can have a good chat】
After receiving the message "Of course", Bing Jie put down his phone, took the special drink handed to him by Qi Jixin, and started hugging her to watch a horror movie that was not that scary.
I don’t know if it was because of the movie or what, but Qi Jixin had nightmares all night. In the dream, she repeatedly fell from the boat into the water, and her whole body was ups and downs with the waves. The next moment after she was brought ashore and regained consciousness, the sound of waves was still in her ears. When she looked closely, she was still on the sea.
This happened several times, and she fell into a numb state, unable to live or die. Finally, she was exhausted and gave up struggling, allowing the waves to swallow her. She looked at the moonlight on the water surface becoming increasingly blurred, until she finally fell into complete darkness and waited to die.
She felt herself closing her eyes, and then various images emerged in her mind, clear, blurry, crowded, and alone... In the last second after she lost her breath, her whole body trembled, her eyes suddenly widened, she stared at the darkness in front of her, gasping for breath.
Bing Jie was frightened by the trembling. He turned on the light and quickly stood up to see what was wrong with her. Seeing her face as pale as paper, Bing Jie's heart tightened.
"We shouldn't be watching horror movies this afternoon. Do you want me to get you some water?"
She didn't say anything, just nodded. When Bing Jie came back, Qi Jixin was already sitting on the bed. Compared to her panic just now, her expression now was extremely calm.
Bing Jie noticed that she was constantly looking at him, so he knelt on the bed, handed her some water, and asked her what she dreamed about. Qi Jixin took the cup and drank half of it, then looked up at him and said, "I dreamed that I died, fell off a boat, and kept falling into the sea. I even saw a kaleidoscope in front of my eyes." At this point, she smiled bitterly.
Although he was not clear about the specific circumstances of her accident, Bing Jie roughly knew that she had an accident while taking a boat to a small island for sightseeing. Hearing her suddenly say this, Bing Jie suddenly became nervous. He didn't know if this meant that she was about to recover her memory, but seeing her distraught look, he became even more panicked.
"It was just a dream, don't be afraid." He held her in his arms and gently stroked her back to comfort her. Qi Jixin tightly grasped the water cup in her hand to prevent the water from spilling on the bed. She asked softly, "Aren't you going to ask me what I saw during the revolving lantern?"
Bing Jie didn't dare sigh. He lowered his eyes to look at the shoulder of the person in his arms, closed his eyes helplessly and frowned, convinced that he didn't dare to hear the answer to this question. If she said she saw him, it would prove that her memory would be restored...which was what he least wanted to see.
"It's just a dream. Don't dwell on it, okay?" He held her arms tighter, but Qi Jixin said she wanted to drink some water and asked him to let her go. After taking another sip of water, she put the quilt on her knees and looked at Bing Jie silently.
Bing Jie, who had always been very good at controlling his emotions, was now powerless. Every second of silence made him feel uneasy. After a long while, Qi Jixin chuckled softly and said, "Why do you feel more scared than me? I just saw the plot in the movie, and I became the heroine in the movie and saved the whole world."
Bing Jie clutched his chest as if he had just survived a catastrophe, and after a long sigh, he echoed, "I'm glad it didn't leave any scars on you. It wasn't really a nightmare, was it?"
Qi Jixin nodded heavily, handed him the cup of water, and slowly lay down again, saying that she wanted to take a nap while it was still early. "Don't let Auntie bring you food tomorrow. Sister Zhuo will pick me up to go to the company to discuss a TV series, so I have to go out during the day tomorrow and probably won't be back until the evening."
Going in and out of the agency is indeed not something Bing Jie can do as he pleases with his current status. It just so happens that he can go back to the company to deal with things, or perhaps, meet Yan Jia.
Anyway, they both have important things to do tomorrow.
Sister Zhuo met the man at the door, exchanged a few words with Bing Jie, and then left with Qi Jixin. It wasn't until the car drove out of the community that she asked, quite puzzled, "What's going on? Why did you leave the house carrying him?"
Qi Jixin was wearing a black coat, a black hat, and holding a black mask in her hand. She turned her head and looked back at the gate of the community before answering Xuan Jiazhuo: "He has taken so much trouble to take care of me. I want to buy him a gift." She shrugged helplessly, "The gift should always be a surprise, right?"
Sister Zhuo, who had been abused early in the morning, rolled her eyes. "I was so nervous for a moment that I thought you were arguing or something... Why didn't you tell me to give me a surprise?"
Qi Jixin wrinkled her nose at her and said with some disdain, "Then why not take a look at your doubled bank deposit?" Her words hit the point, and Xuan Jiazhuo was completely delighted. She smiled brightly, "Thanks to you, I'll do as you say."
"Then just drop me off at the intersection ahead." Qi Jixin said without hesitation. Xuan Jiazhuo thought she was joking, but when he turned around, he saw her serious expression and asked her what she was going to do.
"The luxury store I'm going to is too flashy, and our company's license plate has been figured out by fans, so I got off the car and took a taxi." Without waiting for Sister Zhuo to refute anything, she asked the driver to stop, put on a mask before getting off the car, and rejected Sister Zhuo's offer to accompany her.
The taxi drove for less than half an hour and stopped in front of a huge shopping mall. It was a landmark building in the city. The stores that could enter this shopping mall were all high-end luxury brands. Here, every inch of land was truly worth a lot of money.
Qi Jixin took the elevator and headed straight to the top floor, where she found what she was looking for. As soon as she got out of the elevator, she took off her hat, put on her mask, and headed straight for her destination, a dessert shop called "Moon Secret."
A dessert shop that can be opened in this shopping mall, especially on the rooftop, must have some sky-high prices. Of course, the four-digit prices still scared Qi Jixin.
However, there are many varieties of cakes, and the styles are indeed exquisite. The service of this store is also very good. Customers only need to walk around the store leisurely to choose products, and someone in uniform will help them get the items and pack them.
Qi Jixin thought that this might be to prevent people from running away without paying, so they would pack up the food immediately if they saw something they liked... She took a quick look around, picked out two triangular cakes and two palm-sized macarons, and went to the cashier to pay.
"The total is eight thousand six hundred and five. Excuse me, would you like to pay by card or scan the QR code?" the employee asked with a smile. Qi Jixin leaned his arm on the counter, resting his chin on the back of his hand. He blinked in shock at the price and said, "I have a membership card."
"Sure, please tell me your card number."
"11916099198" Qi Jixin felt very nervous as she watched the employee quickly input the card number. The girl immediately smiled and pointed at the cipher machine, "Please enter the password."
As soon as Qi Jixin touched the cipher machine, he immediately asked doubtfully, "If I swipe my card, will the purchase notification be sent to the card owner?"
The staff member said that this was a service specific to each guest and helped her check, “Yes, ma’am, your card will send messages.”
"Then I'd better scan the code." Qi Jixin immediately changed her tone. Seeing the two shop assistants looking at her with some confusion, she whispered, "We women always have to eat without telling our husbands. After all, I'm a natural beauty in front of him."
The two shop assistants politely looked at the customer with a striking figure, then immediately realized what was going on and scanned the QR code for her. Perhaps because her words had alleviated some of the sense of distance, the shop assistant behind the cashier chatted with her with a smile.
"Your husband must love you very much. He used to come often to buy you desserts, but he has come less frequently in the past two years."
Qi Jixin hissed at her and said something nonsense: "Don't tell him about this. He bought it for his wife, and I am his--" She hinted with a frown, and the man immediately exclaimed "Ah" and covered his mouth, indicating that he would never tell anyone.
Let Bing Jie be persecuted for matters of reputation. Qi Jixin carried a cake and casually walked into a high-end but sparsely populated coffee shop. Just as he was about to place an order, he realized that his arm was broken and the doctor advised him not to drink coffee.
"Can I sit here for a while? Or do you have any drinks other than coffee?" she asked honestly.
Obviously, this store is high-end and professional. They don't sell drinks without coffee, nor do they do anything cheap to kick her out. Qi Jixin took out the cake and slowly ate it.
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